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Asylum: Age Assurance

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 2 September 2025UIN 69749

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to put in place a range of measures to verify the age of people arriving in the UK seeking asylum.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

I refer the Hon Member to the written ministerial statement I gave to the House on Tuesday 22 July.

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